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Summary: Frightening!
Review: Many people seem to think this book isn't scary, but I thought it was much scarier than some of Mr. King's earlier works. It's true that not a lot of real action occurs in the story, but everything that the poor little girl goes through was more than interesting enough to keep me reding. This book has become my second favorite work by Mr. King after the Green Mile.
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Summary: Only for those who dont need blood and horror!
Review: I started to reading this book awhile after christmas. It was not that kind of book you cant put down, but it wasnt that kind of book you just read halt trouh. Its about this girl who get lost in the forrests of Maine. A book about how to be young and lonely and how to be afraid. All the book throuh I waited for this thrilling moment that Stephen King usualy has in his book, but it never came. The book is not the best hes ever written, but its worth a shot if you are a fan who dont need all the blood and horror. Harts in Atlantis is alot better!
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Summary: Baseballs
Review: The world may have teeth, but this novel sure ain't. It's a short story pulled out so long that you begin to wonder when that rotten tooth will finally go. The heroine, Trisha McFarland, is extremely irritating. No, make that Stephen King's writing. So determined is he to rough and tumble Trish that she ends up seriously injured before the first 30 pages are up. Agony after agony is prolonged in this torturous prose. I suppose it's difficult for a European audience to appreciate this book, since we're not used to wilderness on an American scale. Neither are we used to baseball. I was very surprised to learn that the Red Sox play games nearly every night (I suppose it's closer to cricket than soccer in this way). Even more astonishing is that Tom Gordon is a real baseball player (according to the book). I bet his socks are even redder now. Due to King's predilection for writing about writers, I had expected something more on the lines of King's recent trip to England, i.e. famous novelist faces his worst nightmare by being hit in the googlies at Lord's.It's clear quite soon that this isn't meant to be taken as a horror novel, but even so, I was surprised how flat a novel by such a highly paid writer could be. Perhaps a little more mustard could beef up the next bap.
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Summary: The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
Review: My daughter sent me this book for Christmas. I've been a Stephen King fan for years but had stopped reading his books because I thought he was becoming too grim and blood-thirsty. I forced myself to start this book simply because my daughter had sent it to me. I couldn't put it down until I had read the whole thing. Thanks Mr. King for bringing back true suspense. Thanks for not having this book become so gory that I wanted to puke. Thanks for having the girl survive and come out the heroine! I was lost once and had my son lost in the woods and know it can be terrifying; your mind plays tricks on you. Thanks for having the heroine a girl, a young girl, and one who shines -- survives with true grit.
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Summary: Not bad
Review: This wasn't the most exciting book I've ever read. In fact at times (in the middle of the story) it was pretty dull, but it made me feel sorry for this poor little girl, and I wanted to finish it to see how or if she would ever get out of the woods. I might have enjoyed it more if I was a baseball fan, but I'm not. But, all in all it wasn't bad.
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Summary: Very Impressing
Review: 4 WORDS FOR YOU: A VERY GOOD BOOK. It is a good book. STRONGLY recommended for those Teenagers who love thrilling, suspencful-adventure book! It's was great!
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Summary: Well-crafted story, but not much meat
Review: This was a typical King story in regards to the quality ofwriting, but there wasn't much of an actual *story*. It's only 224 pp!And what about what King wrote in the forward of *Four Past Midnight*?The whole lot about having written the four pieces in the collection and "they were too long for a short-story, and too short for a novel."? So he waited until he had enough to make a book? Well, he didn't wait with this one--at a cost of almost as much as one of his 500-700 pp novels, *TGWLTG* just ain't worth it. END
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Summary: This book should stay lost in the woods
Review: Am I the only one who thought this story was a total snooze? I realise that the premise of the story limited it somewhat but essentially all this is about is a girl getting lost in the woods and having hallucinations about her favourite baseball player. After I put this book down, I had no better understanding of the protagonist, Trisha, than I did when I started it. The baseball theme was effective, but Tom Gordon's role in the book is never explained. I was disappointed in this book, but I almost always enjoy reading Stephen King. Yet 'The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon' lacked humour and drama. Worse, it was SLOW. King can do better than this. Hey Stephen, don't worry, even great ones are allowed to stumble.
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Summary: The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
Review: I thought this book was very good. It made you feel like your were that little girl lost in the woods and you could relate to her. I loved the book and I am now reading Bag of Bones which is very good.
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Summary: Amazing as Always, Mr. King!
Review: This story has that new psychological twist that I have seen more and more in Stephen King's writing. It isn't so much the gory "blood & guts" anymore. I think that's great. Don't get me wrong, I like gore, but I like a good thriller better. And as always, Mr. King has the ability to draw you in and make you feel like you're a part of the tale. A must read!
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